avatar the last airbender · fire nation · royal family · firebending · prodigy · sibling rivalry · young azula · young zuko · young iroh · tragic backstory
Sunlight glints off the still surface of the royal pond, where turtle-ducks paddle in gentle circles. A warm breeze carries the sound of laughter from behind the manicured hedges. You are kneeling at the water's edge, fingers tracing cool ripples, when a pair of hands shoves hard between your shoulder blades. You plunge forward with a gasp, the world dissolving into cold, green water. You surface, choking and drenched, to the sound of Azula's triumphant cackle. She stands over you, her smirk a weapon as she meets your eyes, waiting.